diff --git a/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Api.java b/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Api.java
index d81dcd9d..8a09ef72 100644
--- a/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Api.java
+++ b/cloudinary-core/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/Api.java
@@ -519,6 +519,18 @@ public ApiResponse updateResourcesAccessModeByTag(String accessMode, String tag,
         return updateResourcesAccessMode(accessMode, "tag", tag, options);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Delete a folder (must be empty).
+     * @param folder The full path of the folder to delete
+     * @param options additional options.
+     * @return The operation result.
+     * @throws Exception When the folder isn't empty or doesn't exist.
+     */
+    public ApiResponse deleteFolder(String folder, Map options) throws Exception {
+        List<String> uri = Arrays.asList("folders", folder);
+        return callApi(HttpMethod.DELETE, uri, Collections.<String, Object>emptyMap(), options);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Update access mode of one or more resources by publicIds
      *
diff --git a/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractApiTest.java b/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractApiTest.java
index 903cd1a8..009789bf 100644
--- a/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractApiTest.java
+++ b/cloudinary-test-common/src/main/java/com/cloudinary/test/AbstractApiTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.*;
 
 import static com.cloudinary.utils.ObjectUtils.asMap;
+import static com.cloudinary.utils.ObjectUtils.emptyMap;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.AllOf.allOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNot.not;
@@ -935,4 +936,17 @@ public void testQualityAnalysis() throws Exception {
         ApiResponse result = cloudinary.api().resource(API_TEST, ObjectUtils.asMap("quality_analysis", true));
         assertNotNull(result.get("quality_analysis"));
     }
+
+    @Test(expected = NotFound.class)
+    public void testDeleteFolder() throws Exception {
+        String toDelete = "todelete_" + SUFFIX;
+        Map uploadResult = cloudinary.uploader().upload(SRC_TEST_IMAGE, asMap("tags", UPLOAD_TAGS, "folder", toDelete));
+        Thread.sleep(5000);
+        api.deleteResources(Collections.singletonList(uploadResult.get("public_id").toString()), emptyMap());
+        ApiResponse result = api.deleteFolder(toDelete, emptyMap());
+        assertTrue(((ArrayList)result.get("deleted")).contains(toDelete));
+
+        // should throw exception (folder not found):
+        api.deleteFolder(cloudinary.randomPublicId(), emptyMap());
+    }
 }
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